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Quotes by Producer

"To have a film in America means precisely nothing if you don't have a distributor who stands behind it."
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Arthur Cohn
"To have a film in America means precisely nothing if you don't have a distributor who stands behind it."
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"I shall give you hunger, and pain, and sleepless nights. Also beauty, and satisfactions known to few, and glimpses of the heavenly life. None of these you shall have continually, and of their coming and going you shall not be foretold."
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Howard Lindsay
"I shall give you hunger, and pain, and sleepless nights. Also beauty, and satisfactions known to few, and glimpses of the heavenly life. None of these you shall have continually, and of their coming and going you shall not be foretold."
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"It is not enough for me to win. My enemies must lose."
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David Merrick
"It is not enough for me to win. My enemies must lose."
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"People say that the Beavis voice doesn't sound like me or some other voices. Butt-Head I think sounds like me."
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Mike Judge
"People say that the Beavis voice doesn't sound like me or some other voices. Butt-Head I think sounds like me."
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"Understanding is a three-edged sword. Your side, my side, and the truth."
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J. Michael Straczynski
"Understanding is a three-edged sword. Your side, my side, and the truth."
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"If people don't want to go to the picture, nobody can stop them."
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Samuel Goldwyn
"If people don't want to go to the picture, nobody can stop them."
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"No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever."
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J. Michael Straczynski
"No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever."
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"Credit you give yourself is not worth having."
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Irving Thalberg
"Credit you give yourself is not worth having."
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"I value comedy. I value somebody who can be funny."
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James L. Brooks
"I value comedy. I value somebody who can be funny."
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"Because when the film was first mooted, the Beatles didn't like the idea at all. In fact they wouldn't have any part in it. And when Brian had committed them, it was part of a deal he did with United Artists, I think."
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George Martin
"Because when the film was first mooted, the Beatles didn't like the idea at all. In fact they wouldn't have any part in it. And when Brian had committed them, it was part of a deal he did with United Artists, I think."
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"It's not enough that I should succeed - others should fail."
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David Merrick
"It's not enough that I should succeed - others should fail."
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"The success of a production depends on the attention paid to detail."
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David O. Selznick
"The success of a production depends on the attention paid to detail."
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"In both pop and disco, the meaning of the lyrics is not too important. I have nothing I feel I particularly want to say."
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Giorgio Moroder
"In both pop and disco, the meaning of the lyrics is not too important. I have nothing I feel I particularly want to say."
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"Paul Newman's an old friend of ours out of Cleveland, Ohio. He used to sit around our house. He's the only man I've ever known to drink a case of beer all by himself. That's talent in a way."
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Lew Wasserman
"Paul Newman's an old friend of ours out of Cleveland, Ohio. He used to sit around our house. He's the only man I've ever known to drink a case of beer all by himself. That's talent in a way."
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"Life is about having a good time, and it was a good time. We did some things well and some things poorly, but that was always the case."
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Norman Lear
"Life is about having a good time, and it was a good time. We did some things well and some things poorly, but that was always the case."
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"There are only two classes - first class and no class."
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David O. Selznick
"There are only two classes - first class and no class."
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"It's a juggernaut, yeah... but I'm not phased by making movies."
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Matthew Vaughn
"It's a juggernaut, yeah... but I'm not phased by making movies."
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"I don't think you can really make television based on what you think audiences want. You can only make stories that you like, because you have to watch it so many times."
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Dick Wolf
"I don't think you can really make television based on what you think audiences want. You can only make stories that you like, because you have to watch it so many times."
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"A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad."
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Samuel Goldwyn
"A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad."
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"The girls in high school who watched 90210? I was watching Seinfeld."
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Josh Schwartz
"The girls in high school who watched 90210? I was watching Seinfeld."
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"Michael Jackson wanted to be in Men in Black II. He told me he had seen the first Men in Black in Paris and had stayed behind and sat there and wept. I had to explain to him that it was a comedy."
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Barry Sonnenfeld
"Michael Jackson wanted to be in Men in Black II. He told me he had seen the first Men in Black in Paris and had stayed behind and sat there and wept. I had to explain to him that it was a comedy."
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"My philosophy: find what it is you want to say, walk in the room, say it, and get the hell out."
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J. Michael Straczynski
"My philosophy: find what it is you want to say, walk in the room, say it, and get the hell out."
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"I didn't really want to do another sequel. I go to those movies, and I just sort of enjoy them like a viewer."
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Lawrence Kasdan
"I didn't really want to do another sequel. I go to those movies, and I just sort of enjoy them like a viewer."
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"Novelty is always welcome but talking pictures are just a fad."
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Irving Thalberg
"Novelty is always welcome but talking pictures are just a fad."
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"I'll tell you what I miss most. What I would love to do, more than anything, is just anthologies. With an anthology you can tell any story and be in every division of television. We don't have any anthologies anymore, do we?"
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Aaron Spelling
"I'll tell you what I miss most. What I would love to do, more than anything, is just anthologies. With an anthology you can tell any story and be in every division of television. We don't have any anthologies anymore, do we?"
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"Everything I touch turns to gold."
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Pete Waterman
"Everything I touch turns to gold."
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"I don't make movies because I think audiences will want to go see them."
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Jerry Bruckheimer
"I don't make movies because I think audiences will want to go see them."
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"It's OK to do cute little things like kissing a turtle, but you can't kiss another person because he's a different color? Give me a break. And you have to remember, I'm from Dallas, Texas."
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Aaron Spelling
"It's OK to do cute little things like kissing a turtle, but you can't kiss another person because he's a different color? Give me a break. And you have to remember, I'm from Dallas, Texas."
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"I don't care about how many times somebody recognizes my face."
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Suge Knight
"I don't care about how many times somebody recognizes my face."
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"On the Internet, inside information is currency, and there will always be counterfeiters among us."
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J. Michael Straczynski
"On the Internet, inside information is currency, and there will always be counterfeiters among us."
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"Last year, at the beginning of the year, we couldn't get arrested, so I'll take this. Feast versus famine."
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Josh Schwartz
"Last year, at the beginning of the year, we couldn't get arrested, so I'll take this. Feast versus famine."
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"If she was a victim of any kind, she was a victim of her friends."
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George Cukor
"If she was a victim of any kind, she was a victim of her friends."
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"I'll take fifty percent efficiency to get one hundred percent loyalty."
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Samuel Goldwyn
"I'll take fifty percent efficiency to get one hundred percent loyalty."
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"Pictures are for entertainment, messages should be delivered by Western Union."
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Samuel Goldwyn
"Pictures are for entertainment, messages should be delivered by Western Union."
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"They're stealing my ideas. They're imitating my shots."
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David O. Selznick
"They're stealing my ideas. They're imitating my shots."
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"President Johnson offered the middle of the road."
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Lew Wasserman
"President Johnson offered the middle of the road."
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"If a person with a bullet in Dallas can change the world, imagine a person with an idea could do."
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J. Michael Straczynski
"If a person with a bullet in Dallas can change the world, imagine a person with an idea could do."
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"I don't think Will does get upstaged because his reaction is always funnier than what is actually happening. That is also the reason Tommy is funnier than Will."
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Barry Sonnenfeld
"I don't think Will does get upstaged because his reaction is always funnier than what is actually happening. That is also the reason Tommy is funnier than Will."
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"Stealing, you'll go far in life. Actually, there is something funny about getting away with it."
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Mike Judge
"Stealing, you'll go far in life. Actually, there is something funny about getting away with it."
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"Like they said about The West Wing, you can't do a show about Washington until you can."
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Josh Schwartz
"Like they said about The West Wing, you can't do a show about Washington until you can."
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"I still that that movie-goers like the experience of leaving their homes and going to have a communal experience, especially in comedies or interactive things where you can get an audience reaction to."
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Jerry Bruckheimer
"I still that that movie-goers like the experience of leaving their homes and going to have a communal experience, especially in comedies or interactive things where you can get an audience reaction to."
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"Kids in general make things fresh and alive and they have this great appreciation for, Holy mackerel, we're making a movie!"
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James L. Brooks
"Kids in general make things fresh and alive and they have this great appreciation for, Holy mackerel, we're making a movie!"
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"I realistically eat every hour and 15 minutes. I watch the clock to see when I eat again. I'm almost upset that I'm not eating now."
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Michael Todd
"I realistically eat every hour and 15 minutes. I watch the clock to see when I eat again. I'm almost upset that I'm not eating now."
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"There are other options out there, after all, like read a book, go on the Internet, rent a movie."
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Dick Wolf
"There are other options out there, after all, like read a book, go on the Internet, rent a movie."
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"I'm passionate about everything, like my family and friends. Anybody I am talkin' to is gonna be bona fide real. There is no substitution for happiness. Period."
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Suge Knight
"I'm passionate about everything, like my family and friends. Anybody I am talkin' to is gonna be bona fide real. There is no substitution for happiness. Period."
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"Certainly the experiences of Seth and his relationship to his parents and his point of view of the world are very similar to my own and very much based on my experiences at the University of Southern California."
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Josh Schwartz
"Certainly the experiences of Seth and his relationship to his parents and his point of view of the world are very similar to my own and very much based on my experiences at the University of Southern California."
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"I tell you, I feel like a real novice as far as horror goes."
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Lawrence Kasdan
"I tell you, I feel like a real novice as far as horror goes."
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"Certainly there's got to be a little bit of reality show fatigue happening."
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Josh Schwartz
"Certainly there's got to be a little bit of reality show fatigue happening."
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"Give me a couple of years, and I'll make that actress an overnight success."
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Samuel Goldwyn
"Give me a couple of years, and I'll make that actress an overnight success."
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"A Mac is a closed box, so Apple can make decisions about things that they don't include. That makes, it in some ways, simpler for them."
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Robert Wise
"A Mac is a closed box, so Apple can make decisions about things that they don't include. That makes, it in some ways, simpler for them."
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